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From South Hill, Virginia, take State Route 58 west to State Route 4/Buggs Island Road. Follow for six miles and bear right at the dam. The park entrance is 200 yards ahead on the left.
Great campground. We will go back. Spacious, clean. Loved the beaches. Water/ electric hookup with dump station. Mostly shaded sites. There are 4 large areas to camp. Restrooms/ showers were clean & accessible by walking trails at sites if you needed. Plenty area to swim, playground very nice. Amazing park & well maintained
I Love North Bend Campground. Have camped all over Kerr Lake, this is my favorite place. I go during week when not so crowded. Good fishing, very nice people that work here. Park Rangers R wonderful . Come here to relax and take in the nature. Site 15 I'd my favorite. Where the caves are.
I have been camping here for more than 40 years, since I was a child. This is a no frills camping. Sites are very large and spacious. There are separate beaches for each area of the campground. Great place if you have a boat with lots of room to ski, tube, sail, kayak or just fish. Bathhouses are public but maintained. Just a great place for campers and to hand up a hammock and relax. Make sure you find Lucky's Ice cream which is about 5 miles after you cross the Dam.
By far one of our favorite campgrounds. We had a blast playing in the water, kayaking and riding our bikes around all the campsite loops. There is no onsite store. Also if you ate close to the water, some people cut through your site to go back and forth. We did have to run to the local Walmart but it wasn't too bad.
I stayed 2 nights in a primitive site. Clean bathrooms. Rode my bike all around each four sections of the campground and around the immediate sites (John Kerr Dam, Tailrace Park, etc.). Very beautiful and very safe for bikes. I wasn't sure if I could ride the State Wildlife trails or not. Either way, I plan on returning.
